John Dunn

Here’s another nice nursery star ceiling. This was a project by Lee C who installed it as a surprise for his wife Dawn a few weeks before the scheduled arrival of a new son. The installation was a fairly typical one, with the light source going in the loft above the bedroom, so the first […]

Starscape was approached by Edinburgh-based ceramic artist Rebecca Wilson who was interested in modifying one of her existing artworks to incorporate some lighting. The whimsical piece is best described in her own words: “‘Memoria: 100 Cups of Tea, Never To Be…’ highlights the sadness of a beautiful object that has been broken. A shattered gold tea pot lies

As a general rule, customers putting fibre optic star ceilings into nurseries are generally not too bothered about accuracy – they simply want some soothing twinkling lights which will double up as a night light. Not so, Alec J who approached us with his mind very much on creating a really dramatic and accurate night

This project, by Edinburgh-based architect David Douglas, was conceived, specified and executed in not much more than a week, and we’re very impressed by its simplicity and effectiveness. David was a self-confessed fibre optic novice when he first approached us but he’d realised that fibre optics offer an excellent way of introducing light into sealed, inaccessible

While most of the optical fibre that we sell ends up in star ceilings or in the star cloths that we manufacture, we also get a regular stream of small orders from modellers who want to take advantages of the light-carrying capability of fibre optics. In some cases, the requirement might be for several hundred

When our customer Leigh N first approached us with a view to buying a star kit for a small nursery, he was thinking in terms of our Great Bear kit which has 240 fibres. However, since the room is very small we explained that a custom kit would offer much better value for money. The

“It looks fantastic,” replied our customer Anne-Marie C, when we e-mailed to ask how her fibre optic project had gone, and she was kind enough to take some photos to share with us. One of the nicest things about fibre optic lighting is the fact that since the light input and light output can be

We’re frequently approached by fashion students and designers who are interested in using fibre optics in their projects. On one morning recently we had an order from a milliner with an unusual concept for a hat and then an enquiry from a lady preparing to produce a set of Tron costumes. Our 3mm solid core

The ability to separate light output from electrical components makes fibre optics ideally suited to bathroom and wetroom lighting schemes, and bathroom design consultants H2OLondon have taken full advantage of this in a recent project. The most striking feature of the scheme is a glass floor which has made even more dramatic by the addition of 8.6mm

From the East of England comes this report of a commercial installation in a country hotel restaurant near Boston. The work was carried out by Julian Thompson of JES Electrical, ably assisted by his wife Jane, also an electrician. That said, here at Starscape we’re always at pains to point out that apart from supplying power